Repeat-associated plasticity in the Helicobacter pylori RD gene family

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 6900-6910

  Shak, Joshua R ^a,b   Dick, Jonathan J ^a,c   Meinersmann, Richard J ^d   Perez Perez, Guillermo I ^a   Blaser, Martin J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PHENOTYPE; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RD GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STOMACH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 70350469973     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00706-09     Document Type: Article

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